Gin.



' E. TOWNSEND.

' GIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1915.

1,174,204. Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1- EVV. TOWNSEND E. W. TOWNSEND.

GIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1915.

1 1 74,204, Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

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EARLEWAYNE TOWNSEND, or GENTERVILIJE,ALABAMA.

'Tat'tzl'whom it mty'amaam:

Be it known that I, EABLE W. TowN'saNt,

Centeryille, in the county of Bibb and State of Alabama, have inventedcertain new and usefullmprovements in Gins, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. a

This invention relates to certain improvements in gins and hasrelationmore particularly to an attachment therefor; and the object ofthe invention is to provide an atnovel and improved means whereby thesaw may be cleaned in substantially an auto-' matic manner and withoutthe necessity of interrupting the operation of the gin.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved ginwhereby certain important advantages are attained and the. device isrendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. r

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theappended claim.

In order that my invention maybe the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, illustrating agin having a cleaning attachment constructed in accordance with anembodiment of my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a view similar toFig. 1, illustrating my invention adjusted into an inoperative position;Fig. 3 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of mydevice as herein embodied; Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of thecleaning cylinder herein included; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in topplan of said cleaning cylinder; and Fig. 6 is a view in perspective,detached, of one of the detachable blocks coacting with the cleaningcylinder.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes the stand or frameof the gin and 2 a shaft rotatably supported thereby and to which areaffixed the circular saws 3 and with which is adapted to coac't in awell known manner, the brush 4 carried by the shaft 5 disposedrearwardly of the shaft 2.

The stand or frame 1 at a point substantially directly below the shaft 2has opera- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented. Mar."7,.1916.Application tueanayw, 1915. ser altraasjiz. i l i titel'y engagedtherewith a rock shaft Garranged in parallelism with the shaft2 andextending upwardly from 's'aijdfshaft 6 are the rock arms 7, on the freeextremities of whichii's rotatably supported the shaft 8 a 'pro]ecte' dextremity of said shaft 8 beingprovided with a drum 9jar'ound'which is"disposed a belt 10 also directed "around a pulley 11 affixed totheshaft 5, hereiiibefore referred-to.

One of-the rock arms 7 is provided with an angularly disposed arm12having its free extremity provided with archer- 14 ada ted to bearagainst the belt 10 wherebysuflicient erably rubber- It is to beobserved that eachof the blocks 17 are detachably engaged with the drumor cylinder 16 through the medium of the headed screw 18, although Iwish to be particularly understood that any other means for securing theblock 17 in operative position may be employed :which will operate withconvenience and facility.

It is to be observed that the drum or cylinder ,16 rotates in adirection opposite to the shaft 2 and that when the rock arms 7 havebeen elevated in substantially a vertical position, the teeth of thesaws 3 are adapted to pass between adjacent blocks 17 whereby thethroats of said teeth are thoroughly cleaned, and in practice I havefound this device to be of especial advantage when the cotton is damp asthe blocks 17 impart a pinching action upon the cotton. In order tofacilitate the effectiveness of my device, it is to be observed that theopposed faces of the blocks 17 are oppositely beveled to afford entranceopenings, as indicated at 19, and that the lower rear portions of theopposed faces of the blocks are downwardly and oppositely beveled, as at20, to afford exit openings for the escape of any matter that mayaccumulate between the blocks. It will also be readily appreciated thatby having the opposed faces of the blocks 17 beveled, as at 19 and 20, amore effective en- .tion is susceptible of some change and modific ationwithout material departure from the principles and spirit thereof andfor this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to theprecise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown incarrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

In combination with a cotton gin, and a saw therein; a shaft mountedbelow the saw and capable of movement relatively thereto, compressibleblocks carried'by the shaft, the opposed faces of said blocks being incontact, the peripheral portion of the saw being adapted to pass betweensaid blocks when the shaft is moved toward the saw, the opposed faces ofthe blocks being forwardly and oppositely beveled, whereby the forwardportions of the opposed faces are separated the lower marginal portionsof the rearof the opposed faces of the blocks being also beveled in adirection angular tothe first named bevel to afford an exit opening.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiflx my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EARLE lVAYNE TOWNSEND. Witnesses: H. M. SMITHERMAN,

M. G. CREWS.

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